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11 February 2023, 08:15
Preview Headline inflation in Hungary rose in January to a higher-than-expected 25.7% amid soaring food and energy prices
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11 February 2023, 08:15
Preview Russia’s envoy to the US has warned against the deployment of American special operators in Ukraine
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11 February 2023, 08:15

Gender bias in science has resulted in drug tests that treat the female body as an aberration, and search algorithms that perpetuate discrimination, but the solution is simple: increase the numbers of women working in the field and support the girls hoping to join them one day. 

Read the full story, “‘More women and girls in science equals better science’, UN chief declares”, on globalissues.org

11 February 2023, 08:15

Denmark and Greenland must address the negative impact of a colonial legacy that has led to structural and systemic racial discrimination against the indigenous Inuit community, an independent expert appointed by the UN Human Rights Council said on Friday. 

Read the full story, “Rights expert urges Denmark and Greenland to examine colonial legacy’s impact”, on globalissues.org

11 February 2023, 08:15

Extreme violence and gross human rights abuses, including mass incidents of murder, gang rape and sniper attacks, have sharply increased in Cité Soleil on the outskirts of the Haitian capital, said a UN report published on Friday.

Read the full story, “New UN report warns of spike in gang attacks, ‘gross human rights abuses’ in Haiti”, on globalissues.org

11 February 2023, 08:15
Preview The number of Americans who committed suicide reached 48,183 in 2021, according to figures from the CDC
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11 February 2023, 08:15

NEW YORK, Feb 10 (IPS) - Latin America’s (LATAM) transportation sector produces the largest share of regional emissions and is a large source of air pollution, making transforming transportation technology systems key to energy transition and decarbonization. In particular, electrifying public transportation systems across the region through a transition to electric bus (e-bus) fleets will reduce fossil fuel demand and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Read the full story, “Expanding E-bus Networks in Latin America Can Further Decarbonization Goals”, on globalissues.org

11 February 2023, 08:15

MADRID, Feb 10 (IPS) - The food industry continues to intensively use toxic chemicals in their products, some of them provoking heart diseases and death. Trans fat is just one of them, adding to contaminating fertilisers, pesticides, microplastics and a long etcetera.

Read the full story, “Food Industry Exposes Five Billion People to Toxic Chemicals that Kill”, on globalissues.org

11 February 2023, 08:15

LONDON, Feb 10 (IPS) - Thulani Maseko knew speaking out in Eswatini was a risky business. An activist and well-known human rights lawyer, he’d previously spent 14 months in jail for criticising the country’s lack of judicial independence. Now he’s dead, shot in his home by unknown assailants.

Read the full story, “Eswatini: Democracy a Matter of Life and Death”, on globalissues.org